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   Ex·em·pla·ry

   /iɡˈzemplərē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. serving as a desirable model; representing the best of its kind: "an award for exemplary community service" Similar perfectidealmodelfaultlesswithout faultcopybookflawlessimpeccableconsummateexcellentoutstandingexceptionaladmirablefinevery goodcommendablelaudablepraiseworthymeritorioushonorableestimableabove/beyond reproachblamelessirreproachableunimpeachablerare:applaudableOpposite deplorableunworthy
   • ▪ characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule: "her works are exemplary of certain feminist arguments"
   • 2. (of a punishment) serving as a warning or deterrent: "exemplary sentencing may discourage the ultraviolent minority" Similar serving as a deterrentcautionarywarningadmonitoryrare:monitory
   • ▪ (of damages) exceeding the amount needed for simple compensation.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from late Latin exemplaris, from Latin exemplum ‘sample, imitation’ (see example).

   Derivatives

   • 1. exemplarily adverb
   • 2. exemplariness noun

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